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Kenya’s Sh13 trillion debt is squeezing healthcare funding, experts warn, threatening essential services and Universal Health Coverage. [Courtesy]
Kenya’s healthcare system is staring at a crisis- born from the ballooning public debt that experts warn is undermining allocations for essential services, particularly healthcare.
Of greater concern, according to stakeholders in the sector, is the cost of servicing the Sh13 trillion public debt that has held the country in a chokehold.
Approximately 65 to 71 per cent of our budget is going to repaying debt and with only eight per cent of the money going to investment.
